In recognition of National Library Week, Thomson-Gale is offering free access to many of their databases this week. The Times Newspaper Archive and Ancestry Plus can be searched free. Lots of biographical information too. The first link to try is http://trials.galegroup.com/nlw2005/portal.html Click on the 'History, Biography and Literature' button. Try here for Ancestry: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/itsbtrial Use the password = graphics then scroll down to additional databases.